Chapter 2

Previously:

Sydney took a deep breath and sighed, one part done, the other she does not know how her father was going to get of it. "Why didn't you tell me I had a brother?"

He was hoping she had browsed through the files and had not noticed the part about his son, her brother, her twin brother.

"He died when he was with your mother in the car, that she used to fake her death. She told me herself when she turned herself in, it was one of the rare times that she showed emotion."

"And you believed her? You were the one who always reminded me not to trust her."

Jack sighed, "I do not know why, but I somehow believe her. I was going with my instinct."

"Dad, ever since mom came back, we have resolved that in all things about Irina Derevko, what you think is not the best way out." Sydney replied forcefully. "Why don't I remember him? He was my twin, he was gone when we were six, I should have remembered him."

Jack shook his head, "It was a bad time for you, for months you were just crying out for him, when suddenly one day you just stopped, I didn't know why, you never mentioned him again."

Sydney's eyes started to water, "Did you ever find out why?" Things were starting to become so complicated, just awhile ago she learned she had a younger half sister she never knew existed, now she has a twin brother that she learned to forget.

"Yes, I have talked to a child psychologist about it, she even had a session with you, it was concluded that since your brother's passing was very painful for you that your brain has chosen to forget about him. With the training from Project Christmas you were subjected to, it was a surprise for all of us that you were able to forget, until now you never had a clue."

Sydney was silent, she did not understand, she couldn't believe that her mind would voluntarily forget about a big part of her life, a twin, a brother that she was sure was never far from her side when they were young. She became alert, "He was part of project Christmas too." It was a statement not a question, it was something she knew.

"Yes. You were trained together, so it would feel like you were just playing, which was one of the foundations of Project Christmas, it was like play only training."

Sydney did not know how to react or how to respond, so she just quietly put the things back into order, putting the 1062 safety deposit box back in and making it look like the lock was not tampered with. She looked at her father for a few seconds, then quietly walked pass him to head for the elevators. Thoughts and feelings run through her, she did not know what to feel, was it joy, was it relief to have some part of her consciously restored, was it anger that things were again kept from her by the man she should trust most or was it hope that maybe, just maybe her brother might be alive too. When something just clicked, "What is his name?"

"Jason"